How to Install and Uninstall zsync Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "zsync" package

This tutorial shows how to install zsync on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                zsync
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "zsync" package

Learn how to uninstall zsync on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                zsync
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the zsync package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: zsync
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 245
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Robert Lemmen
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.6.2-1ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Filename: pool/universe/z/zsync/zsync_0.6.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 115036
MD5sum: d3eb1d12ee24ab25080c7741e3e52be3
SHA1: f07682cccbec4a2f13e7d1ce43f9c6437c3ef94f
SHA256: d68fa56816e78028e9c383d39979664b86278c61e64f99096454e3c974a83e3c
Description-en: client-side implementation of the rsync algorithm
zsync is a file transfer program to download files from
remote web servers. If a previous version of a file is available
locally, zsync will only download changed parts and hereby
minimise the download volume. The algorithm is the same as used
by rsync(1), but zsync does not require any server software
(apart from a web server), nor does it need shell access.
Instead, it uses a control file (.zsync file) that describes the
file to be downloaded, which it uses to determine the blocks to
fetch. This file is created once on the server (and not for each
request) and sits next to actual file to download
Description-md5: 55c7895466b4c20f2f56e9be9a5d33c4
Homepage: http://zsync.moria.org.uk/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: ubuntu-gnome-desktop